When doing long passages, or hard passages you need to be wary of the ever so common error, ID, 10 T. Yes an IDIOT can
Sailing shorthanded the mainsail is a handful and if reaching downwind not always needed. Consider the worth of keeping the mainsail up during the night
When sailing a shift pattern, if you have to wake the other person up, it really cuts into your sleep pattern and lack of sleep
when sailing more than 24hours, Connie and I prefer a 4 hour shift pattern. We both stay awake until 8pm and then the first one,